Sabrina Ann Lynn Carpenter (born May 11, 1999) is an American teen actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Maya Hart in the Disney Channel spin-off Girl Meets World as well as for her music career.

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Sabrina was born in May 11, 1999 in Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania. Carpenter is the youngest member of the Carpenter family and has two older sisters, Sarah and Shannon, as well as half-sister Cayla. Her mother is named Elizabeth and her dad is named David. She is also the niece of Nancy Cartwright, known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. She made her mark as a child when she placed third place in a singing contest run by the Miley Cyrus website. In 2011, she was cast her first role as Paula, a young rape victim in Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, alongside fellow Disney star Peyton List.

In 2011, she was cast in the drama The Unprofessional as a minor character. She was later cast in the Disney movie Gulliver Quinn along with Liv and Maddie star Joey Bragg. In 2013, she was cast as a minor character in Noobz along with Hannah Montana star Moises Arias and Nickelodeon star Matt Shively. Later, in 2013, she was cast as Young Merrin in Horns starring Daniel Radcliffe.

In 2013, Carpenter was cast a guest role as Lucy Gluckman in the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally. She played a young nerd contestant on a music competition show who was insecure of herself, that is until Austin and Ally turn her into a beautiful singer. She later learns to be confident in herself. She only appears in the episode "Moon Weeks and Mentors".

In February 2016, Carpenter released the single "Smoke and Fire", followed by another single, "On Purpose", in July. On September 3, 2016, Carpenter announced her second studio album, EVOLution, and the following day announced that she would be headlining her first tour, the EVOLution Tour, in promotion of the album. Three promotional singles were released in the three weeks leading up to the album, "All We Have Is Love", "Run and Hide", and "Thumbs". The album was released on October 14, 2016, and the tour began the following week. In May of 2017, she went on tour opening for The Vamps in the UK, and collaborated with them and Mike Perry on the single "Hands." She opened in Brazil for Ariana Grande at the end of June 2017 and began her second headlining tour in North America on July 6, 2017. She released the single "Why" on July 7, 2017. On October 13, 2017, Lost Kings released a single called "First Love", which Sabrina was featured on.

Carpenter released the single "Alien" on March 16, 2018, a collaboration with Jonas Blue. This was followed by the release of "Almost Love" on June 6, 2018, with the single's release being preceded by the announcement of her third album, Singular. In September 2018, she contributed to the soundtrack of the Netflix movie Sierra Burgess Is a Loser with the song "Lie for Love". The following month, she played Hailey in the movie The Hate U Give, a movie adaptation of a 2017 novel by Angie Thomas. She will also be playing Nola in the upcoming movie The Short History of the Long Road, which is slated for a 2019 release.

On October 22, 2018, Carpenter announced on social media that Singular would be released in two "acts", with Singular: Act I being released on November 9, 2018 and Act II "coming soon".

Her parents used to call her "bumblebee" to remind her to always stay humble.

She is allergic to apples and carrots.

Like Maya, Sabrina also had a pet named Ginger, but he was a cat, not a ferret.

She was signed to her record label when she was 12.

She refers to her fanbase as "Carpenters".

Her zodiac sign is Taurus.

Sabrina and her Girl Meets World costars August Maturo and Corey Fogelmanis played the Darling siblings in Pasadena Playhouse's Peter Pan production, along with Bunk'd star Kevin Quinn as Peter, her love interest.